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- Dictionarydirty/ˈdəːti/
adjective
- 1. covered or marked with an unclean substance: "a tray of dirty cups and saucers" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of an activity) dishonest; dishonourable: "he had a reputation for dirty dealing" Similar Opposite
adverb
- 1. used for emphasis: informal British "a dirty great slab of stone"
verb
- 1. make dirty: "she didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels"
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marked with dirt, mud, etc., or containing something such as pollution or bacteria: Her face was dirty and tear-stained. Don't drink the water—it's dirty. Dirty needles can cause serious infections. Synonyms. cruddy. filthy(DIRTY) grimy. grubby.
The meaning of DIRTY is not clean or pure. How to use dirty in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dirty.
Definitions of dirty. adjective. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime. “ dirty unswept sidewalks” “a child in dirty overalls” “ dirty slums” “piles of dirty dishes” “put his dirty feet on the clean sheet” “mining is a dirty job” “Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves” synonyms: soiled, unclean. Augean.
dirty, filthy, foul, squalid refer to that which is not clean. dirty is applied to that which is filled or covered with dirt so that it is unclean or defiled: dirty clothes. filthy is an emphatic word suggesting something that is excessively soiled or dirty: filthy streets.
Dirty definition: soiled with dirt; foul; unclean. See examples of DIRTY used in a sentence.
1. a. Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean. b. Spreading dirt; polluting: The air near the foundry was always dirty. c. Apt to soil with dirt or grime: a dirty job at the garage. d. Contaminated with bacteria or other infectious microorganisms. 2. Squalid or filthy; run-down: dirty slums. 3. a.
Definition of dirty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.